Scrap Gold

At Cookson we make selling your scrap as easy as possible, with a dedicated scrap expert guiding you through the process.

Materials you can send to us

We accept jewellery, dental and industrial scrap - just some of the materials we accept include:

Jewellery Scrap

Unwanted / damaged jewellery & watch parts

Clean scrap

Un-hallmarked

Assayed bar

Bench Lemels

Sweepings (polishing, emery floor sweeps)

Carpets & Floorings

Vacuum bags

Hand wash tank waste

Dental materials

Industrial materials

Returning your scrap to Cookson is simple :

Visit our Counters in London or Birmingham

You can bring in your scrap metal directly into London- Hatton Garden trade counter or Birmingham- Jewellery Quarter trade counter. We can then answer any questions you might have on your metal items, value the scrap and pay cash direct over the counter.

We now follow The Gold Standard code of conduct so if you bring in your scrap metal to either one of trade counters you will be asked to provide the following verification details:

Name and Address

Photographic ID e.g. Passport, Driving License, ID Cards

Sign a disclaimer to say that you are the owner or have the permission of the owner to partake in the transaction and that you consent to having your personal details stored on file for a minimum period of 3 months.

We will then make a formal copy of the transaction and photocopy or photograph the items as part of the transaction and maintain our records accordingly.

The transaction and photographic records will be kept in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 for a minimum of three months and we will produce these if requested to the police.